tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post109461941538190211..comments2023-05-13T02:24:42.139-07:00Comments on Stones In the Field: Afraid of Words...Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1094683426336669932004-09-08T15:43:00.000-07:002004-09-08T15:43:00.000-07:00Thanks, Alex--I'm glad you stopped by. Feel free ...Thanks, Alex--I'm glad you stopped by. Feel free to comment any old time.<br /><br />I think the whole issue comes down to fear, at least in my mind: that is, if we are afraid of our own ideas, or--even worse--afraid of someone else's ideas; then we are guilty of intellectual cowardice. Hard to change the things we perceive as wrong, if we can't stand to talk about them, in the first place.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846076773328384778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260692.post-1094682310212907782004-09-08T15:25:00.000-07:002004-09-08T15:25:00.000-07:00Atta girl!!! I just couldn’t resist commenting on ...Atta girl!!! I just couldn’t resist commenting on your blog which probably doesn’t make me the sharpest tool in the old tool box!! We humans are a terribly insecure bunch and that is why we always accept someone who agrees with us and censor out the stuff that is disagreeable to the old mindset. Most writers, to be successful, have to stir the old pot in order to sell their creations. If you look back on famous writers in bygone generations you will probably discover they wrote stuff that curled the local gentry’s hair. You, as a writer, are setting out on the well worn lonely old trail often walked by writers, that faced the same old saws that you so eloquently raise in the remainder of your blog. The first thing a writer has to do is find something that gets him / her all hot and bothered and then write passionately about it in an entirely interesting way or alternately weave it into a potboiler novel. I can hardly wait for your next chapter / novel etc.!!!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16410952959167989384noreply@blogger.com